Summary
We are dealing with an expanded edition in the Strong tradition, offering exhaustive listings with additional features aimed at making consultation easier and, in places, more informative for modern users.
For pastors, the core benefit remains the same. It helps us locate occurrences, verify references, and trace patterns. The expanded elements are meant to support clarity and speed, especially for those who use the concordance regularly.
Even so, we must remember what the tool is. It is an index. It takes us to Scripture, but it cannot take Scripture’s place. Our doctrine and application must be shaped by the passage itself.
Why Should We Own This Resource?
We should own it if we want exhaustive coverage in a familiar Strong framework and we value extra helps that support navigation. For weekly preaching rhythms, being able to check usage quickly is a genuine aid.
The strength is comprehensive reach combined with a more user oriented presentation. That helps us do careful work without losing time, particularly in the early stages of preparation when we are gathering texts and confirming patterns.
The limitation is the same temptation as always, we may treat word links as meaning. If we are not careful, we can build arguments from glosses rather than from context. Used wisely, it becomes a tool for honesty, pushing us to read more widely and speak more accurately.
Closing Recommendation
We can commend this as a strong, exhaustive reference tool for pastors and teachers who value a familiar system and want a fuller presentation. It is well suited to steady, repeated use.
We should keep our method disciplined, letting concordance work serve reading and exegesis, not replace it. When we do that, it will strengthen both preparation and proclamation.
James Strong
James Strong was an American biblical scholar of the nineteenth century, working within Protestant scholarship with a lasting interest in making Scripture searchable and teachable.
He is best known for Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, paired with its numbering system, which has shaped how generations of pastors and students locate words, trace usage, and connect English translations to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms.
Strong remains valued because his work supports careful attention to the text, while still requiring wisdom and context so that word study serves exegesis rather than replacing it. Recommended titles include The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, and Strong’s Hebrew and Greek dictionaries as printed alongside the concordance.
Theological Perspective: Broadly Evangelical